Problems and tasks of young national states. Nowadays Ukraine found itself in a very difficult situation. No wonder, on the tenth year of its independence our state has the same problems that were inherent to the post-colonial countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America.

The taxes and the tax system in Ukraine have already been written about so much that real collected works could be published. There is even more of that said from many tribunes and at various levels. Nevertheless, the tax system of our country, despite the assurances of the creators of that system of their aspiration to promote the improvement of society's well-being, was and remains the means of looting that very society.

Our reference. Soskin, Oleg Ihorevich (economic adviser to the President of Ukraine, Director of the Institute of Society Transformation. 45 years old. Graduated from the economic faculty of the Kiev State University after Ò.H. Shevchenko.

But to make the majority of the country's citizens rich, creation of alternative energy supply channels and realization of our country's major national economic interests are needed, - Adviser to the President of Ukraine Oleg Soskin states.

Our attention was attracted by the publications in the newspaper «Day» of April 30, 1998 on the subjects of totalitarian state, fascism, extremist displays of political character. We consider the paper enlightened issues of prospects for imposing fascism (to be more exact - communofascism) upon Ukrainian society, of possibilities for military-based totalitarian regime to come to power in Ukraine, to be topical. However, in our opinion, there is no threat of spreading of totalitarian ideology in today's Ukraine like it was in Italy in 1920-40 or in Germany in 1930-40, therefore the given issue should be analyzed from another standpoint.